John Hollinger

lol What the hell just happened on that Clippers basket

"how do they score without the 2-way guy on the floor?" is probably not a great omen

ok then!

WOW. Respect.

Facts. A leisurely run on a quiet Sunday morning is amazing

Final: Arizona 73, Iowa State 57. Impressive win for the 'Cats, who win Big 12 title outright.

Arizona could easily have three players selected in first round in Peat, Krivas and Burries; all three looked the part tonight.

almost forgot to mention the four turnovers

Joshua Jefferson has had many good games for Iowa State this season but wow has tonight not been one of them. Just 1-of-14 from the field with a lot of forced shots in heavy traffic.

Monster putback by Arizona freshman Dwayne Aristode, who has given them some good minutes tonight. Athletic Dutch wing probably not a '26 draft guy, but definitely one too look for in '27 or '28.

When a 7-2 guy with an elite shot-blocking rate makes a 3-pointer and then and up-and-under lefty floater on successive possessions, yeah, that's gonna get NBA scouts' attention.

Koa Peat can't get out of his own way on offense tonight, but the D has been really solid on Jefferson and he just made a great swat to take away a transition lay-up.

ugh that's twice now where Burries has eurostepped into three dudes and thrown up a hopeless prayer ... gotta pick his spots a little better.

Halftime: Arizona 37, entire state of Iowa 25.

12 points from Jaden Bradley to lead the way.

Brayden Burries attacking in transition and using a low gather to get to that left-handed finish, such good stuff. Arizona up 33-25 late in first half.

Eventually one of these teams will score a basket, I'm sure of it.

Crowd here was ready to explode and then the Aristode missed dunk into Peat 3-pt airball sequence ... yaaaaaahhhhh

lol the exhale of relief from this crowd when Krivas pulled the ball down after pump-faking a trail 3.

Trae Young in nearly two months as a Wizard:

Games played: 0
Technical fouls: 1
Ejections: 1
Plus-minus: Negative infinity

this feels like the kernel of an outside-the-box tanking idea.

Once Tyus's signing is official, Nuggets can roll out a Jones-Jones-Jones-Jonas lineup

Greetings from Tucson! Watching potential first rounders Koa Peat and Motiejus Krivas put in work ahead of tonight's Arizona - Iowa St showdown.

For those who are going to Sloan Conference, my panel on Friday:

www.sloansportsconference.com/event/decomp...

The Athletic is hiring an Edmonton Oilers writer jobs.lever.co/theathletic/...

If you've noticed an unusual amount of 2-way activity lately, the deadline to sign a new 2-way is Wednesday. Teams with openings created by promotions, trades, etc. are filling them, while a few other teams are swapping out 2-ways where they think they can do better.

N.B.A. Tanking, March Madness and the Rise of Angel Reese

ICYMI this weekend, I joined the gang to talk tanking:

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/p...

Passengers in Denver airport looking at me strangely as I dance around waving my Neemias Queta receipts at 7AM in front of the Auntie Anne's, but they're the fools

Think Scheierman's development has been low-key remarkable

NEEMIAS QUETA HAD 27 POINTS AND 17 REBOUNDS THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK

Ugh , yeah

Inspirational